31 comments:

How lucky you are to be able to go back home and visit the house where you grew up. It is just wonderful and your Mom really has a great sense of style- now I know where you get it from. Blessings to you tonight and welcome home- xo Diana

Your mother has great tast. Love the brck wall with the arch. It is so sweet that you can relive the memories when you visit your home. I drive by my childhood home every couple of years. I always wish someone would be outside and I could ask to go inside.

what a super house and what wonderful memories.. I love Canada , when my daughter first emigrated they lived in a little town near Vancouver and now in Ontario they live in Aurora.. I love the people and their ways,.. seeing your son, I can see he is from Italian stock.. how amazing that your parents stayed in the one place all these years, no wonder you love going to visit them.. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts.. J

OK, that elevator door is fabulous! I've never seen anything like it and am going to have dreams about it tonight. When we sold my mother's house which they bought before I was born I have never ever been back. I will not drive down the road and have no interest in even hearing about all the things the new owners have done to it. So I am with you. It may just be a house, but the memories make it so much more than that!

Everything about the charming exterior of your house is really lovely Pamela - and I know your creative mother must have done a wonderful job inside too! I especially love the brick gateway, and all the garden statuary, urns etc.

Glad you had a happy visit home - always a special place to be no matter how long we've been away! I do not like to look at my childhood home when I return to England - since my mother's death and selling the house, the new owners have made changes I find so upsetting - such as concreting over her lovely front garden to make a parking pad for cars!!!!

I'm off to Australia next week and hope to have lots to share about the interesting trip planned.

Your mother sounds so cool, and i love that she was and still is unique, and creative... and walks her on path, how totally awesome! You must be so proud of that. Home is a very primal, gut, heart thing, and it must have been emotional on so many levels to go back... being the you now, and remembering the you then... and, I love love that front door!

Your home is gorgeous Pamela!When I head home to where I grew up, I always love going back and looking and remembering those special memories.Your Momma has made this spot so unique and beautiful!So glad you got a chance to visit again!

How perfectly delightful to see photos of your childhood home. You are blessed to have had one place to live in for so long. You certainly inherited your mother's eye for design!It's a beautiful home, I would LOVE to see what your mother has done with the interior, I'm sure it's equally beautiful.

It's the best place in the world, not because of the views and the design but the whole idea of it. Our home is the most loving in the world, and nothing else can match that. No place like home as most people would say. bathroom lighting

Karen October 31, 2012 in Wodonga,Victoria,AustraliaI am an addict of decorating magazines and am just discovering the blog world...I love the way you feel about your mother's home..her love shines through...my children enjoy returning to my 35 years imprint on my 100 yr old home..(also the only home they have known)..I WANT that elevator door...smile...your blog is delightful

Glad you had a good trip home. My parents don't live in the house I grew up in anymore but its funny that I still feel like I'm going home when I go to visit. She too was ahead of her time, going to auctions and antique and second hand stores to save money. She unknowingly filled our home with loving memories that travel with her still.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! I live 10 minutes from Niagara Falls, Ontario in St. Catharines!!!!!! Too cool. I absolutely love, love, love your blog. Wish I could join/follow by email though as I prefer that.If you could respond that would be wonderful. Jann

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